Inking means for laundry marking machines



1951 w. J. KEUPER 2,566,213

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INKING MEANS FOR LAUNDRY MARKING MACHINES Original Filed Aug. 10, 1944 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 .INVENTOR.

I -5 WILLIAM J.KEUPER p f ag s ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 28, i951 INKING MEANS FOR LAUNDRY MACHINES MARKING William John Keuper,;incinnati, Ohio, assignor to The National Marking Machine Company, .Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio.

Original application August10,' 1944, Serial No. 548,863. Divided and this application May 3, 1946, Serial No. 666,955 i i My invention. relates to improvements in Laundry Marking Machines, and, more particularly, to improvements in the laundry marking machine disclosed and. claimed in my United States Letters Patent, Nos. 2,370,735 and 2,384,035, issued March 6 and September 4, 1945, respec tively, upon applications filed by me, and in my pending application, Serial No. 529,882, filed April 5,1944, now Patent Number 2,443,426, issued June 15, 1948. This application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 548,863, filed August 10, 1944, now Patent Number 2,470,662, issued May 17, 1949, for improvements in Laundry Marking Machine.

"The principal object of my invention is to provide' an improved means for inking the type of a laundry marking machine, of the character including a platen-carrier movable from normal to a printing position and return, and in which the article to be marked is held on a platen supported by the platen-carrier and moved thereby against type at printing position to take an imprint therefromi i Another object of my invention is to provide an improved inking means for laundry marking machines in which the ink reservoir is stationary anddelivers ink to an inking pad, the ink being transferred from the pad to the type by means of a roller movable with the platen-carrier and rolling back and forth over type at printing position. 1

Further objects, and objects relating to details of construction and economies of operation, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow. In one instance, I have accomplished the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. My invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the appended claims. A structure constituting a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Fig. 1 is a vertical, sectional view of a laundry marking machine embodying my invention, taken in a plane just inside the lef t-hand side member of the frame.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the platen-carrier, and the means for moving the platen toward the type, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.. r r

Fig. .3 is a vertical, sectional view through the 12 Claims. (Crier-97) taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.

lower portion of the laundry marking machine,

Fig. 4. is a view of the ink reservoir and its mounting, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. E is a sectional view through the ink reservoir, taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3.- r Fig. 6 is a sectional view through thewickholdingv means, taken on the line 6-45 of Fig. 3. Fig, 7 is a detail, fragmentary, perspective view of a,portion' of the wick removed from the wickholding means. r r n i Fig. 8 is ,a detail, sectional view through the inkingroller, taken on the line 8 B of Fig. 3. 1 Fig. 9 is a viewof the inking roller and mounts ing, in end elevation, and g r 4 Fig. 104's a fragmentary, top plan view of the inkingroller. 1 ,,In the drawings, thesame reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the arrows at the ends of the section lines. My invention is embodied in. a laundry marking machine which includes a type assembly adapted to locate printing type at printing position, a platen-carrier movable from a normal to a printing position and return, a platen slidably mounted on the platen-carrier, and means for moving the platen toward the type, when the platen-carrieris in printing position, for the purpose of carrying an article, held on the platen by the operator, againstthe type to take an imprint therefrom. My invention consists in providing an inking roller yieldably mounted upon the platen-carrier, and so located that it will roll over the face of type positioned at printing position, as the platen-carrier moves from normal to printing position and as it moves in the return direction. When the platen-carrier is in normal position, the inking roller will be located in front of, and free of, the type. This inking roller cooperates with a stationary inking devicemounted on the frame of the machine, which includes an ink pad so located that, when the platen-carrier is in printing position, the inking roller will engage said ink padand remove ink therefrom. This stationary inking device may include an res ervoir pivotally mounted on the frame and means for adjustably rocking said reservcir-about its pivotal axis, so as to present the inking pad at the proper angle for engagement with the inking roller. An ink fountain is mounted on the frame and connected with this ink reservoir, and is provided with a means for feeding ink to the reservoir and maintaining it at a constant level therein.

Referring to the numbered parts of the accompanying drawings, I have shown a.- laundry marking machine including a type assembly adapted to locate printing type at-printing position, which type assembly is substantially identical with that shown in my said pending application, Serial No. i

529,882. The machine has a base 8, from which the frame side members 9 extend upwardly.- Secured to said frame side members, or integral therewith, are housing side members I8 and the edges of the housing I 4 are" seated'thereon. As shown in Fig. 1, this housing is cut away, at I5, adjacent the printing positionandthe upper portion of the housing is also cut away to permit thesetting wheels to project therefrom. The housing side members Ill have their lower edge portions curved inwardly, as at I6, adjacent the printing point. The side members lfl are connected by the spacing bars I'l, andthe parts I and I4 constitute a housing carriedby' the frame and enclosing the type' wh'eels, the-setting wheels and the intermediate gearing A horizontal shaft I8 is {noun-ted in the housing side members I0, and extends transversely of the housing. A- plurality of type wheels I9 are journaled on said shaft I8, parallel to each other, and each of these type wheels has on its periphery a plurality of spacedprinting' type 20. These type wheels may be lightened by forming the slots 2| therein, a 'few of whi'chare shown in Fig. 1. A gear '22'is fastened to the sideof each type wheel I9; coaxial"-therewith-. A-horizontal shaft 23 is mounted in the housing side members II] and ex tends -transverselyiof the housing. I A plurality of gears 24 are journaled on shaft 23," there being one of them'for each of -the type wheels, and each of said gear's is inline with and meshes with gear-22 of the corresponding type wheel.

. A horizontal setting wheel shaft 26 is mounted in the upper portion of the housing, being supported by the housing side-members Ill, and a plurality of setting wheels 21 are journaled on said "shaft, parallel to each other, with their peripheral portions prbjectingfrom the upper portio'nof the housing through an opening formed therein for that purpose. There is one of these setting wheels for each of the type wheels, and eachsetting wheel bears, on its periphery, indicia, 28, in the form of characters corresponding to the characters' on the printing type 20, and arranged on the setting wheel in the same angular relation to each other-as are the corresponding printing type on the type wheel. A gear 29 is fast to each setting wheel'2'I and coaxial therewith, and each of said-gears meshes with'the corresponding one of the intermediate gears 24. Gears 22 and 29 have the same number of teeth, so that a given angular movement of a setting wheel will produce the same angular movement of the corresponding type wheel. In this way, the type wheels may be adjusted, to bring selected type to printing position, by rotational adjustment of the setting wheels, in either direction.

Arms 30, secured to the side members I I] of the housing, support a sighting bar 3|, which extends across thepe'ripheries, of the setting wheels "21, in frontthereof, and has a sight aperture 32 therein, through which the'indicia on the'setting wheels may be viewed by the operator from the front of the machine. This sighting bar is so located, and the indicia are so placed on the setting wheels, that, when certain characters are visible through the sight aperture 32, the type wheels I9 will be adjusted so that the printing type having the same characters will be aligned at printing position.

The platen-carrier, the mounting for the platen thereon, and themeans'for moving the platen to and from the type, are substantially the same as disclosed in my said patent, No. A bearing pin I2 (Figs. 2 and 3) is secured by the set screw I3 in a bracket II projecting upwardly from the base 8 of the machine. The spaced hubs 33 of the platen-carrier are journaledontheprojecting ends of the bearing pin I2, in bushings II3 carried by the latter.

These hubs are connected by the cross member H2 forming part of the platen-carrier. Sockets wardly through openings in the cylinder base 31. Said posts are secured in sockets 25 by the pins I I4. A cylinder wall 39 is mounted on the base 31, the lower-'edge thereof being received man annular-groove 4 0, formed in the top surface of said base. Tl ie'redu ced upper" ends 55 of said posts ex; tend through openings in a cylinder head 42 and are secured thereto by the pins 60; Said head 42 has an annular groove 22I. which receives the upper end of the cylinder wall Th us the cylinder is made up of the "cylinder wall 39, the base" 3 nd t e e d 2; a lfh l to et e by the posts 3 land mounted on the platen-carrier 33.

A piston 64 works within the cylinder 39. and a spring 65 is interposed between piston 64 and head 42, and tends to move the piston away from saidhead. The lower end of the spring isIseated in an annular grooves? formed the upper surface of piston 64, and the upper end of said spring is seated in an annulari'grd vees formed the lower surface of head 42.. Vents 69 are provided in the upper portionof the cylinder wall 39. A s on qd l s s i bly meu e in a sage te m n t head 4 and a a red d tion 73 which extends through the 1 piston 64 and us e leatherwasher 8.1, the whole bein secured together by anut :SZ-screwed on the threaded lower end of the piston-rod. A bracket I 04 has a depending threaded stud 85, which is screwedinto a threaded socket 83, formed in the upper end of the pistonarod .10, whereby said bracket, pistonrod and piston are secured together. A platen SI, provided with a handle I36 at eachend thereof, is secured to the bracket I04 by the screws I09,"and a platen insert 6I-,-=of rubber or like resilient material, is inserted in a recess in the'uppersurface' of said platen; The article to be marked-is to be held on this platen insert GI by the operator, while gripping the handles I36 for rocking the platen-carrier from the normal to the printing-position and returning it therefrom. Posts were secured to the platen 9| and project downwardly therefrom through bushings In! mounted in openings provided in the head'42. These posts serve'to help in guiding the platen for movement relative to the platencarrier and'the cylinder."

One of these posts is provided with a passage I I I for receiving the electriccablelflil, by which the circuit leads are carried to the switches mo n ed iii" enhances I 6; to which e r n willbe'rnade hereinafter. A passage -is'forrrled reens 5. in the platen, through which the wires can'extend from the passage III to the switches.

An upwardly opening port H is formed in the cylinder base 31, within the confines of the cylinder wall 39, and connected by a passage II6 to an elbow II1, the latter being connected by a tube IIO (Fig. 2) to an elbow II9 screwed into a plug I20, which is rotatably mounted within a recess I2I in one end of the bearing pin I2. Elbow- I I9 communicates with an axial passage: I22 in the plug I20, which is in line with an axial passage I23 in the bearing pin I2. The plug I20 isprovided with external oil grooves I24 to assist in making a seal between the wall of the plug and the wall of recess I2I. An elbow I25 is screwed into the other end of the bearing pin I2 and communicates with passage I23. Said elbow I25 is connected by tube I26 to a coupling member I21 (Fig. 3), which is connected with the outlet of an electro-magnetic valve, indicated generally at I28. This valve controls the admission of fluid pressure to the cylinder to operate the piston against the pressure of spring 65, the fluid pressure passing through the tube I28, passage I23, passage I22, tube II8, passage H6 and port I I5 to the interior of the cylinder, below the piston 64.

A casing 82 is secured to platen 9I by screws I29, and encloses the ends and front of the platen-carrier and the parts carried thereby. A'

guard 63 is secured to the rear side of the platen by screws I30, and extends downwardly and is then curved upwardly, as shown in Fig. 3.

Upwardly and rearwardly extending posts 96 have their lower reduced ends received in sockets I3I in the platen-carrier 33, and they are secured thereto by the pins I32. mounted on the upper ends of these posts, said casing having bosses I33 connected by a flange I34, and the posts 66 having, reduced upper ends I35, received in sockets in said bosses I33, and secured thereto by the pins I31. This casing is hollowed out to form a trough I38, open at the top, and which receives an inking roller. The end walls of this casing have rectangular notches 19 (Fig. 9) formed therein, in which the heads 80 of pins I39 are slidably mounted. Said pins have reduced ends I40 (Fig. 8), which are slidably mounted in the casing 18 and springs I4I are interposed between the heads I39 and a portion of the casing. The reduced ends I40 of the pins project below the lower portion of the casing and nuts I42 are secured on the threaded lower ends thereof.

The inking roller includes a cylindrical core I45, which has pins I44, secured thereto and projecting from the ends thereof, journaled in bush ings carried by the heads 80. Said core I45 has a felt covering comprising a plurality of felt rings I46 mounted upon it. It will be seen that this inking roller is mounted in the casing 18 and pressed resiliently by springs, I4I toward the type. This casing and inking roller are so located with respect to the platen-carrier that, as the platencarrier is rocked from normal to printingflposition, the inking roller will roll over the faces of type that have been brought to the printing line. When the platen-carrier is in normal position, the inking roller will be located slightly in front of and free of any type and, of course, as the platen-carrier is rocked from printing to nor mal position, the inking roller will again roll over the faces of the type. The means for suphereinafter.

A casing 18 is plying ink to this inking roller will'be described A bracket 84 (Fig; 9) is secured by bolt as to the rear face of casing 18. Ascrew 81, having an enlarged head 89, is screwed into said bracket and held in adjusted position by a lock nut 90. This screw 81 is so adjusted that, when the platen-carrier is in printing position, the head 99 will have engaged and closed'an electric switch mounted on the base '8 of the machine. This switch is indicated generally at I41 (Fig. 3) and has a plunger I48, which is engaged by the head 89 to close the switch, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Switch I41 is in the energizing circuit of the solenoid for electro-magnetic va1ve-l28 and, uponthe completion of said energizing cir cult, thevalv'e is operated to admit fluid pressure from a suitable source through tube I26 to force the platen toward the type at the printing line, as fully explained in the specification of my pending application for United States Letters Patent, Serial No. 548,853, filed August 10, 1944, to which cross-reference has been made. I Ink is supplied to the inking roller I40 from an inking pad 98 that is adjustably mounted on the frame, and with which the inking roller cooperates when the platen-carrier is in printing position. This inking device comprises a troughlike reservoir I00 pivotally mounted on pins 202 projecting inwardly from the side members 9 of the machine frame (Fig. 5). This inking reservoir includes a top wall (Fig. 3) having an upwardly and forwardly extending flange 96, curved forwardly at 203. There is an opening 204 in the top of the ink reservoir, just in front of the lower edge of said flange, through which a wick extends into the ink reservoir. A removable cover plate IOI closes the top wall of said ink reservoir. A wick-holding bar 91 is fastened atits ends, to the end portions offlange 99 by screws 205 (Fig. 4). The wick 98 comprises a piece of wicking folded upon itself and held in folded position by a row of stitching 201 (Fig. 7), which forms an upper looped'por-tion through which thewick holding bar 91 extends. The tail portion 99 of the wick extends downwardly through the opening 204 into the ink in the bottom of reservoir I00.

Due to the pivotal mounting of the ink reservoir I00 on the machine frame, it may be rocked about its pivotal axis to present the ink pad, formed by the upper portion of the wick 98, at the proper angle for engagement by the inking roller I46, when the platen-carrier is in printing position. The means for adjusting the ink reservoir to the proper position, and for holding it in such position, includes cross-bar92 (Fig. 4), the ends of which are received between ribs 208 projecting inwardly from side members 9 of the machine frame, said cross-bar 92 being fastened to the frame by the shouldered screws 209. A thimble 2 I 0 is screwed into the central portion of cross-bar 92, and is internally threaded to receive a threaded stud 93, which is thus adjustably mounted in the cross-bar and may be held in adjusted position by the lock nut 2II. Said stud has a reduced forward portion 2 I2, on which member 94is swiveled, and a nut 2I3, secured to-the forward end of stud 93, holds the member 94 in position. Ears 95, extending rearwardly from flange 96 of the ink reservoir, are pivotally connected by the shouldered screws 2I6 to links 2I5, the other ends of which are pivotally con nected by the shouldered screws 2 I4 to the ends of member 94. By adjusting the stud 93 back a'ndforth in the cross-bar 92, the ink reservoir I00 can be rocked about its pivot pins 202, thus presenting the ink pad, formed by the wick-hold- 7. ins b r 9. an he w ck 8 a t e. ropera e fo en ae m ntwit t e ink m l r- Q n et pe ngs .211 B are farm n the bottom of reservoir I00, one near each end thereof. Two of these openings are providedso that the ink reservoir may be supplied with ink from an ink container mounted on either sideof the machine, and the inlet not used is closed by a removable plug 218. An elbow H9 is screwed into the other inlet opening 21'! and connected to one end of a flexible tube I62, which extends substantially the length of the ink reservoir and is connected to a coupling 229 (Fig. 4) passing h ou si e m m e 9 9 h mac ne me? This coupling 2 20 is connected to an elbow I03 (Fig. 2) with which an ink container I98 is connected. This ink container is provided with a constant level feed device, indicated generally at I05, by means of which ink is supplied fromthe container I08 to reservoir I00, and maintained therein at a substantially constant level.

The initial supply of ink, that is, a sufficient amount to saturate the felt rings I45 of the ink-, ing roller, will be supplied manually by a medicine dropper or a brush. Thereafter, the supply of ink on and in said felt rings will be replene ished automatically each time the inking roller engages the pad of the inking device when the platen-carrier is moved to printing position. Of course, each time the platen-carrier moves from normal to printing position, the inking roller will roll across the faces of the printing type that have been brought to the printing line and ap plies thereto. This construction presents the advantage that the ink reservoir and the ink pad are stationary, and not movable to and fro with the platen-carrier during repeated operations of the marking machine. The inking reservoir we may be easily adjusted about its pivots, to give the precise angle to the ink pad needed for proper contact with the inking roller. If the machine is to stand idle for a considerable period, for in-, stance, over night, the platen-carrier may be moved to and left in printing pQsition, with the inking roller in engagement with the inking pad 98. In this position, the inking roller casing or housing 18 forms a cover for the ink reservoir pad 98, preventing excessive evaporation of the ink, hardening of felt rings MB of the inking roller and of the pad Q3, and keeping the ink and pads clean.

I am aware that the particular laundry marking machine disclosed herein may be varied considerably without departing from the spirit of my invention and, therefore, I claim my invention broadly, as indicated by the appended claims,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a platen: carrier movable from normal to printing position and return, a platen carried by said platen-care rier, means for moving said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint there-v from, an inking roller mounted on said platencarrier and located in front of the said type when the platen-carrier is in normal position, in the rear of said type when the platen-carrier is in printing position, and so that it will roll across the faces of type at printing position as the platen-carrier moves from normal to printing position and also as it returns from printing to n ma po it on, an a $Wt i k g dfi including an inking pad so located as to be en+ gaged by the roller when the platen-carrier is in ri tin P i i 2. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a platen-carrier rockable from normal to printing position and return, a platen carried by said platen-carrier, means for moving said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint therefrom, an inking roller mounted on said platen-carrier and located in front of the said type when the platen-carrier is in normal position, in the rear of said type when the platen-carrier is in printing position, and so that it will roll across the faces of type at printing position as the platen-carrier rocks from normal to printing position and also as it returns from printing to normal position, and a stationary inking device including an inkingpad so located as to be engaged by the roller when the platen-carrier is in printing position.

3. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a frame, a platen-carrier mounted on said frame and m0v-. able fromnormal to printing position and return, a platen carried by said platen-carrier, means for moving said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint therefrom, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in rear of the platen in posi-. tion for permitting it to roll across the faces of type at printing position as the platen-carrier moves from normal to printing position and back, an ink reservoir pivotally mounted on said frame and having'an upwardly and forwardly extend ing flange, a wick, means for mounting said wick with a portion disposed in said reservoir and a portion disposed in front of said flange to form an ink pad, means for adjustably rocking said reservoir about its pivot, said roller engaging said pad when the platen-carrier is at printing position, and means for feeding ink to said reservoir.

4. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a frame, a platen-carrier mounted on said frame and rockable from normal to printing position and return, a platen carried by said platen-carrier, means for moving said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint therefrom, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in rear of the platen in position for permitting it to roll across the faces of type at printing position as the platen-carrier rocks from normal to printing position and back, an ink reservoir pivotally mounted on said frame and having an upwardly and forwardly extending flange, a wick, means for mounting said wick with a portion disposed in said reservoir and a portion disposed in front of said flange to form an ink pad, means for adjustably rocking said reservoir about its pivot, said roller engaging said pad when the platen-carrier is at printing position, and means for feeding ink to said reservoir.

5. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a frame, a platen-carrier mounted on said frame and rockable from normal to printing position and return, a platen carried by said platen-carrier, means for moving said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint therefrom, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in rear of the platen in position for permitting it to roll across the faces of type at printing position as the platencarrier rocks from normal to printing position and back, an ink reservoir, pivotally mounted on said frame and having an upwardly and forwardly extending flange, a wick, means for mountin said wick with a portion disposed in said reservoir and a portion disposed in front of said flange to form an ink pad, said roller engaging said pad when the platen-carrier is at printing position, apair of ears extending rearwardly from said flanga'links pivoted to saidrears, means for adjustably positioning the rear ends of said links with respect to said frame, and means for feeding ink to said reservoir.

6. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a frame, a platen-carrier mounted on said frame and rockable from normal to printing position and return, a platen carried by said platen-carrier, means for moving said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint therefrom, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in rear of the platen in position for permitting it to roll across the faces of type at printing position as the platen-carrier rocks from normal to printing position and back, an ink reservoir pivotally mounted on said frame and having an upwardly and forwardly extending flange, a wick-holding bar secured to said flange at the ends thereof, a wick mounted on said bar with the lower end thereof disposed in said reservoir, said roller engaging the wick portion on said bar when the platen-carrier is at printing position, a pair of ears extending rearwardly from said flange, links pivoted to said ears, means for adiustably positioning the rear ends of said links with respect to said frame, and means for feeding ink to said reservoir.

'7. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a frame, a platen-carrier mounted on said frame and rockable from normal to printing position and return,

a platen carried by said platen-carrier, means for moving said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint therefrom, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller as a unit of the platen-carrier and in rear of the platen in position for permitting it to roll across the faces of type at printing position as the platen-carrier rocks from normal to printing position and back, an ink reservoir pivotally mounted on said frame and having an upwardly and forwardly extending flange, a wick-holding bar secured to said flange at the ends thereof, a wick mounted on said bar with the lower end thereof disposed in said reservoir, said roller engaging said wick portion on said bar when the platencarrier is at printing position, a pair of ears extending rearwardly from said flange, a cross-bar extending, between side members of said frame, a head adjustably mounted with respect to said cross-bar, links pivoted to said head and said ears, and means for feeding ink to said reservoir.

8. In a machine of the class described including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a frame, a platencarrier mounted on said frame and rockable from normal to printing position and return, a platen carried by said platen-carrier, means for movin said platen toward type at printing position to take an imprint therefrom, an inking roller mounted on said platen-carrier and so located that it will roll across-the faces of type at printing position as the platen-carrier rocks from normal to printing position andback, an ink reservoir pivotally mounted on said frame and having an upwardly and forwardly extending flange, a wickholding bar secured to said flange at the ends thereof, a wick mounted on said bar with the lower-end thereof disposed in said reservoir, said roller engaging the portion of said wick on said bar whenthe platen-carrieris at printing position, a pair of ears extending rearwardly from said flange, a cross-bar extending between side members of said frame, a stud adiustably mounted in said cross-bar, a hea dimo unted on said stud in front of the cross-bar, links pivoted to said head and said ears, and means for feeding ink to said reservoir.

9. In a laundry marking machine including a I type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a platen-carrier rockable to and from printing position, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in such relation thereto as to be located in front of said type located at printing position when the platen-carrier is in normal position and in the rear of said type when the platen-carrier is in printing position, and so that it will roll over the type located at printing position as the platen-carrier moves to and from printing position, an inking pad so mounted that said inking roller engages it when the platencarrier is in printing position, and means for feeding ink to said pad.

10. In a laundry marking machine including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a platen-carrier rockable to and from printing position, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in such relation thereto as to be located in front of said type at printing position when the platen-carrier is in normal position and in the rear of said type when the platencarrier is in printing position and so that it will roll over the type located at printing position as the platen-carrier moves to and from printing position, an adjustable frame, an inking pad carried thereby and engageable by the inking roller when the platen-carrier is in printing position, and means for feeding ink to said pad.

11. In a laundry marking machine including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a platen-carrier rockable to and from printing position, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in such relation thereto as to be located in front of said type at printing position when the platen-carrier is in normal position and in the rear of said type when the platencarrier is in printing position and so that it will roll over the type located at printing position as the platen-carrier moves to and from printing position, a wick having an inking pad portion so mounted that said inking roller engages it when the platen-carrier is in printing position, a reservoir in which a portion of said wick is located, and means for feeding ink to said reservoir.

12. In a laundry marking machine including a type assembly adapted to locate type at printing position, the combination of a platen-carrier rockable to and from printing position, an inking roller, means for mounting said inking roller on said platen-carrier in such relation thereto as to be located in front of said type at printing position when the platen-carrier is in normal position and in the rear of said type when the it'will rollover the type located at printing position as the laten-carrier moves to and from printing position, a wick having an inking pad portionso mounted that the said inking roller engages it when the platen-carrier is in printing position, a reservoir in which said wick is located, enink container, and means for feeding ink from said container to said reservoir. 7 WILLIAM JOHN KEUPER.

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